Hi Angy, the HOST file is the same thing that the virus/worms/ and malware write to= to prevent you from getting to the web sites which could help you. Mike ~ one of the Moderators It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews http://www.mwn.ca/ ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 5/10/2005 at 3:36 AM Ange wrote: Hi Mike Found this really interesting ~ hopefully it'll have some use in my= studies. Thanks Ange a.k.a. Clueless of Doncaster http://www.geocities.com/locustchewed/outanabout.html ~~~~~The Clueless Reply Separator~~~~~ From: "Mike" Hi Sandy, In Windows XP the hosts file is located in: \%Systemroot%\System32\Drivers\Etc folder (where \%Systemroot%\ is the location of your Windows folder). It has the same function under XP that has under Windows 9X and 2K. C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc -------------------------------------------------------------------- or you can use this one: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/